New projects!

hi! I spent today putting new light fixtures over the master bath vanity.  I forgot to take a before pic but I have some from before we bought the house. I will post one very soon! I have to finish some drywall patching and paint touch ups, then when it is gorgeous I will share. Working on some other things in the Master too. New peel and stick tiles for a budget improvement and some new stain on the vanity and who knows what else!!!

Puttin a little spring air in the house!

I repainted this little guy after finding him for a dollar at the Goodwill. He was looking a little drab in his navy blue country vegie look so I brightened him up for Spring:)

This is my early spring mantle display.

I will keep you posted on a few more little projects I am cookin' up!

just a little sumpin' sumpin'

I wanted to share a few more projects I have been working on!

This little wreath is actually just an old embroidery wreath I picked up at a garage sale for 75 cents. I tied tulle on in alternating black and white bunches then added a bit of red and a big red felt flower. It still needed a little something so I added the B for our last name. In polka dots of course since that is my current obsession!

These little cuties are cupcake stands I made from some old dollar store candlesticks I already had. I picked up some little wooden plaques at the  craft store and glued them on with some fix all. Then primer and spray paint and I glued on some crft paper I found that is a great match to my contact paper I use for everything. You can see it under the cutting board here. Then I gave each one several coats of triple thick crystal clear spray on glaze. Now for some red velvet cupcakes to go on top!

Here is this little cutie. I made him from a pic I saw on Pinterest. Here he has jelly beans inside but I quickly switched to bubblegum so I would stop eating all the jellybeans!

Y'all come back to see what trouble I get into next!

How to spend a rainy day in the garage painting furniture!

ok, so last time I mentioned I was repainting the kitchen island but it wasn't going well. Here is the picture of it not going well. I got the coat of green on with black drawing attention to the circle detail. But I hated it once I did it. So I painted it back to plain ceam and spray painted the handles black. I am still planning to change them but haven't found any I really liked yet.

here is a better shot of the handles and the rubbed glaze

This is my 10 dollar garage sale coffee table I repainted. It was yellow with honey oak top and drawer pulls. I thought it looked a little 90's dated so I gave it a few coats of cream and then spent hours rubbing in this glaze until I thought it looked right. I was going to replace the pulls with metal ones but then realized after banging my foot on it that the wood ones were gentler on my body parts. So I just spray painted them with some hammered metal paint.

I have been up to several other projects so come back to see what else I have been staying busy with lately!

Floatin' couches and other ails

sorry y'all, I got sick last weekend  and pretty much have been keeping the couch from floating away this week. Well, it's not like I did nothing. With husband darling out of town I fed, bathed and chauffeured 3 kids around all week, threw together a 3rd grade Valentine's party in less then 24 hours including hand cutting over 440 strips of paper! I also ran errands, for which I considered wearing my yoga pants and slippers but just couldn't. So I wore my yoga pants and tennies with some lipstick and diamond earrings. A girl's gotta represent even when she is sick!

    I also painted the kitchen island just as I said I would. Then I realized I hated the color and repainted it a different color. Sadly it looks pretty much the same as before. Except clean and fresh. It is drying very slowly in my frigid garage so I figured as long as I already had a mess I might as well make a bigger one so I drug my garage sale find coffee table that was an annoying yellow and oak combo out for a coat of white love too! So it now has been sanded, primed and first coat of what may be many applied. Now husband darling is coming home tonite and frankly, doesn't give a damn about painting the coffee table but is going to be pretty pissy about me hoggin' up the garage space. (insert self conscious shrug) sorry lovey! (little wink as I hand him a beer).
   I promise to post pics of the failed paint color and all end results as soon as the paint is dry! Brrrrrr, it is cold in that garage tonite! Well, I have a date with my sofa cushions and a remote for a bit before I toddle off to bed. I think I need one of daddy's cure-all toddies tonite! (hot tea, honey, lemon and a splash of Kentucky's fine Jack Daniels whiskey) That will warm your bones!

I'm off to work cafeteria duty at the munchkin school. But my crafty plans for the weekend include painting the kitchen island, the coffee table in the family room and maybe rearranging the furniture in my bedroom! And a little Spy Kids movie action with my favorite smelly boys. I do like to stay busy!

Lovey Dovey Days are comin'

okey dokey,
some of y'all know I LOVE to change up stuff for ANY holiday! So I redid my mantle from the winter display I put up after Christmas to a fun Valentine theme! i just went around the house and gathered up anything that reminded me of love, hugs, kisses. Y'know mushy gushy stuff, as my baby would say. A quick stop at the thrift store netter me a BBand B print of the bible verse from Corinthians about Love! (for 5 bucks!) and a stop at the dollar store got me some red doilies and candlesticks! Here is how I put it all together! ( you pinterest buddies will see I used a few ideas I nabbed on there!) Don't forget to tell me what you think, I love to hear your ideas and what you are up to in your castle!

oh first pics are of the winter mantle then what I changed it to for V-day!

I think it is a fun change of pace, especially on the grey days, it is cheerful! Now here is what I did with the candlesticks I thrifted!

now I just gotta keep my sweetie out of the sweets!
   And I just didn't have room on the mantle for all the things I gathered that are so special to me so I rearranged the shelves over the couch to hold some of my favorite expressions of love from my sweet babies!

gotta love the mama gifts! Next to the silhoutte of each boy is his love gift to me. I get all warm and fuzzy when I look at them!
well, y'all that is what I have been doin'. At least the stuff interesting enough to take a picture of! Didn't figure me cleanin' up the garage and doin' like a hundred loads of laundry was really interesting!lol